Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets by Kurt Erdmann (22 results)

HARD BACK. Condition: Good. 238pp. 20 colour plates & 286 b&w illus. A damp stain 1"x1" at the foot of the page affects much of the book, but the pages have not been stuck together. There is a book-plate of a previous owner on the inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. 238 pp; half-title, 286 b/w illustrations in text, 20 colour plates hors text, cloth in clipped d/w, copy in mint condition, edited by Hanna Erdmann and translated by May H. Beattie & Hildegard Herzog. Copy in Mint condition. The basis of the present volume is a series of fifty-one articles which Kurt Erdmann, contributed to Heimtex from 1960 until his death in September 1964. It is considered as a survey of the entire field of study of Oriental carpets. Erdmann discusses many important groups of carpets and gives a comprehensive account of the Berlin collections and their war losses. [ Creswell Supplement 332]. #17195.

4to, 238pp. Original red cloth in off-white dustwrapper, very minimal signs of wear whatsoever. Numerous b/w photographic reproductions of oriental carpets, in addtion to 20 full colour plates. A near-fine copy. First English Edition.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 238 pages; very good condition, light rubbing and yellowing to dj; pages lightly yellowed at edges; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: very good/very good. First American Edition. Quarto. 238pp A very nice copy in dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. In a brodart protective wrapper. The basis of this volume is a series of 51 articles which Kurt Erdmann contributed to Heimtex from 1960 until his death in 1964.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. dust jacket price-clipped. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 286 black and white illustrations and 20 color plates. 238pp 4.11lb 12.5x10.2x0.9in.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy quarto 238pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., bibliog., indexes, "Kurt Edelmann's aim was not so much to produce a manual or complete history of the Oriental carpet as to survey the entire field of study and to clarify some of the complex problems relating to carpets, thus providing a new basis for an understanding of the whole subject". Some tape-marks to end papers & dust jacket o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: g to vg. First American edition. Folio. 238pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over red cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. "Kurt Edelmann's aim was not so much to produce a manual or complete history of the Oriental carpet as to survey the entire field of study and to clarify some of the complex problems relating to carpets, thus providing a new basis for an understanding of the whole subject" (publisher). Profusely illustrated with in-text b/w photographs and 20 color plates of carpets. Includes chapter on carpets of unusual shape. Two Either/Or bookmarks laid in. DJ rubbed with light wear along edges, small tear at head of spine. Light wear along edges of binding and yellowing in margins of block, not affecting images. Previous owner's names inked to free front endpaper, small smudge. DJ in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition.

Red cloth. First American edition. 238 pp. Illus. with 20 color & 286 b/w photos. 4to. Edited by Hanna Erdmann; trans. May. H. Beattie and H. Herzog. From the 1966 German edition. A collection of Erdmann's articles and an important guide to collections and carpets. Enay 169a. O'Bannon 375. A very good copy with rubbing at the extremities in a good+ dust jacket with wear, tiny chips, and soiling at the edges and folds.